Former Boston Red Sox pitcher turned ESPN broadcaster Curt Schilling was removed from the network's Little League World Series coverage Tuesday just hours after sharing a meme that compares Muslim extremists to Nazis.

According to the Washington Post, the tweet was up for about 10 minutes before being deleted.

In the Tweet, Schilling wrote that, "The math is staggering when you get to the true #s" and included a meme of Adolf Hitler with the words "It's said only 5-10% of Muslims are extremists. In 1940, only 7% of Germans were Nazis. How'd that go?"

In a statement released Tuesday afternoon, a spokesperson for ESPN said, "Curt's tweet was completely unacceptable, and in no way represents our company’s perspective. We made that point very strongly to Curt and have removed him from his current Little League assignment pending further consideration."

Schilling responded to users who expressed their views, and issued an apology Tuesday afternoon.

"I understand and accept my suspension. 100% my fault. Bad choices have bad consequences and this was a bad decision in every way on my part," Schilling tweeted.

It was not clear if ESPN would remove him from his role as Sunday Night Baseball analyst.

Schilling pitched in the majors for 20 seasons for the Baltimore Orioles, Houston Astros, Philadelphia Phillies, Arizona Diamondbacks and Boston Red Sox. The six-time All-Star finished with a record of 216-146 and a 3.46 ERA. His 3,116 strikeouts rank 15th all time.